Drugs Awareness
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Different dates available
The Adults at Risk course will provide staff with a greater understanding of the protection of vulnerable adults.This course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to protect adults at risk in your workplace. It is designed to encourage your own personal development in an extremely important area for anyone working with, or providing care to vulnerable groups.
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About this course
Upon completion delegates will receive certificate of completion which is an accredited qualification.
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Subjects
- Risk
- IT for adults
- IT risk
- Staff
- Drugs Awareness
- Stimulants
- Hallucinogens
- Tranquillisers
- Drug Use
- More Substances
Course programme
The Drugs Awareness course programme is designed to be an introduction to drug use and misuse, and aims to provide the student with basic knowledge of drugs and other related substances and the health issues surrounding them. The Drugs Awareness course covers both legal and illegal substances and looks at their effects, consequences and legislation. It also offers an introduction to drug use in society and the relevant responses and interventions.
The Drugs Awareness course intends to enhance students’ knowledge of drugs, their use and misuse, provide a basis for individuals to develop increased social awareness, assist in the support for the relevant government policy through an educational model, provide students with knowledge in relation to health issues surrounding the use and misuse of different types of drugs and other substances and provide the student with the basic drug knowledge required to progress to a higher-level qualification.
This course will benefit a range of people, including social and health care professionals, youth workers, community groups, parents/carers and volunteers. Teachers, and support workers in substance misuse agencies will also find the Drugs Awareness course a useful Certificate to acquire. This Drugs Awareness course has been mapped to the DANOS standards and can be found on the DANOS Learning Resources Database. It helps people to develop their knowledge, skills and competence in the following DANOS units: AA1, AA3, AA4, AB2, AB5, AC1, AD1, BD3.
This course is carried out using detailed blended learning resource pack which can be kept to record a staff members development in the subject. Assessment is through a multiple choice question paper and completion of workbook.
Our best price includes all the course materials, registration, certification and postage.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Module 1: Introduction to Drug Use; Depressants
- Module 2: Stimulants; Hallucinogens; Tranquillisers
- Module 3: More Substances
- Module 4: Drug Use; Various Interventions
Drugs Awareness